Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:41:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6331 ever
Go probability
95%
Mission
Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. One is called the Shepherd Demonstration, and the other is LDPE 2 spacecraft that carries three hosted payloads and three deployable sub-satellites. One of them is an experimental microsatellite called TETRA-1.
Deployed payloads · 1